Name: Ureaplasma Shepard et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; Gr. neut. n. plasma, anything formed or moulded, image, figure, form; N.L. neut. n. Ureaplasma, urea form [probably better: Ureiplasma]
Gender: neuter (stem: Ureaplasmat-)
Type species: Ureaplasma urealyticum Shepard et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication: Shepard MC, Lunceford CD, Ford DK, Purcell RH, Taylor-Robinson D, Razin S, Black FT. Ureaplasma urealyticum gen. nov., sp. nov.: proposed nomenclature for the human T (T-strain) mycoplasmas. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1974; 24:160-171.
IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 11
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Ureaplasma canigenitalium Harasawa et al. 1993 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Ureaplasma cati Harasawa et al. 1990 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Ureaplasma diversum Howard and Gourlay 1982 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Ureaplasma felinum Harasawa et al. 1990 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Ureaplasma gallorale Koshimizu et al. 1987 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Candidatus Ureaplasma intestinipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name (not correct name) |
Ureaplasma miroungigenitalium Volokhov et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Ureaplasma parvum Robertson et al. 2002 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Ureaplasma parvum" Kong et al. 1999 | not validly published | synonym (and no standing) |
Ureaplasma urealyticum Shepard et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980) | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Ureaplasma zalophigenitalium Volokhov et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Mycoplasmoidaceae Gupta et al. 2018
Assigned by: Gupta RS, Sawnani S, Adeolu M, Alnajar S, Oren A. Phylogenetic framework for the phylum Tenericutes based on genome sequence data: proposal for the creation of a new order Mycoplasmoidales ord. nov., containing two new families Mycoplasmoidaceae fam. nov. and Metamycoplasmataceae fam. nov. harbouring Eperythrozoon, Ureaplasma and five novel genera. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2018; 111:1583-1630.
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Record number: 517383